The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-10
FLORIDA'S CHIEF CITY.
GREAT INTEREST IN THE ST. AU-
CUISINE REGATTA.

The Coming Session of the Grand
Council of the Improved Order of
Red Men-The Depot Terror's Freak
the Result of Prolonged Spree
A Case of Contempt Of Court.
JACKSONVILLE, July 9-lnterest Is
awakening in the St. Augustine regatta
next week, and the probabilities point to
large attendance Jacksonville yachtsmen
are becoming interested, and several boats
will be entered. the Chemaun will probably
be sailed by Capt. w G. Gilbert, her owner.
The Hero, F. V. Wightman, owner, and
Tillman Whites Little Flossie will also be
on hand to make the races interesting. The
Hero left for st. Augustine yesterday, and
the others will go Monday The Chemaun
is Jacksonville's crack boat, and goes in to
win.
The Grand Council of the Improved Order
of Red Men of Florida will meet here ON
July %. The following tribes will send
their big sachems to sit at the Council fires:
Osceola No 1 of Starke; Waccasaw No 2,
of Bronson; Seminole No. 3, of Palatka;
La Moosa No. ), of Hawthorne; Miccosoki
No. g. of Enterprise; Taskanooga No, z,
of MacClenny; Cherokee No. S, of Jackson
vile. There will be some twenty three
delegates, representing a membership
of 600 Great Sachem Louis Withow-
ski of Starke, will preside over
the Grand Council Cherokee Tribe of
Jacksonville is the youngest organization,
yet it is second in rank of membership hav-
ing sixty braves on the list. They will give
a banquet to the visiting sachems on July 10.
THE DEPOT TERROR.
Elijah Jordan, who now realizes that Jor-
dan is a hard road to travel, was handed
over to the county authorities by Mayor
Burbridge this morning, and after
ward had a preliminary hearing before
Justice Belisorio, who held him in S., 900 bail
to await the action of the grand jury on
three charges, viz. Carrying a concealed
weapon, an assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill, and trying to steal a
| railroad train. 1t turns out that he fairly
| besieged the Waycross police and employees,
| and stood in a car for some time watch
| ing for heads which he popped away at and
| when his revolver was emptied he calmly
sat down and reloaded and then continued
his fusilade, The colored woman in the
waitingrOOm had a narrow escape, a
| ball passing through the window and bury
| ing itself in the opposite wall, in a direct
| line with her head, but few inches above.
When Jordan got tired of this onesided
| game he worked his way up to the Jackson
| VILE Tampa and Key West railroad loco
motive attached to the 3:45 o'clock south
bound express, and jumping on it pulled
| the throttle wide open. Fortunately it was
on centre and the steam only escaped, and
| the engine never moved. Had he been sue
cesssul in this loss of life would undoubt-
| edly have resulted. as many passengers
| were on the train.
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nothing of what they said he did, but was
sullen, and refused to answer any questions.
| Upon an examination it was found he was
| shot in the back by about a 32-calibre bull
| let, and seemed weak from its effects. No
one knows who did the shooting. Jordan
| was employed at Callahan by Mr.. Hig
| genbotham, and came to Jacksonville day
or two ago. Yesterday he got crazy drunk,
| on poor whisky, and his escapade was the
result. The depot looks as if it had with
| stood a seige the marks of eight or ten bull
lets being plainly visible.
| CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Yesterday morning. on the affidavit of
| one Antonio Benedict, a meat dealer
| in LaVilla was arrested for selling
| decayed and unwholesome meat. At
the trial to-day Benedict failed to appear
| to substantiate his charges and the Mayor
| released the prisoner and issued warrant
|
| He was arrested and jailed. He sued out
! writ of habeas corpus through his attorney,
POrcher L'Engel, and was released on bail.
| Mayor Bowden has engaged Hartridge 81
| Young to represent LaVilla Monday in the
| proceedings before Judge Baker.
| Tomorrow afternoon there will be a
| swimming match at Pablo Beach between
j. B. Morillo, of Jacksonville, and Tom
Williams, OF New York. Both had match
on the Fourth for distance of half a mile,
| Morillo winning.
| c. L. Robinson's remains will be inferred
tomorrow with Masonic honors.
Rev. Mr.. Wamboit, of Chattanooga, re-
| signed his pastorate there last Sunday and
letter just received says he will return
here.
The peach market has been flooded this
week and prices have ruled low The Flori-
da Fruit Exchange has declined to handle
any more peaches in the present state of the
market.
Yesterday Telfair Stockton sold Col j.
e. Harris property in front of the fair
| grounds TO Il South Carolina party. The
| consideration, SO it is rumOred, was SlS,-
| 600. There were twenty acres i'll the piece
| In an interview with Capt CrcaSer, of
| the steamship Monticello, he expressed the
! opinion that the old Palatka and Charles
| ton line would he re-establiShed. He thinks
the time now ripe, and that the prospects
for securing a good share of business were
never better. Transportation managers
| here are reticent but cast doubt on the
scheme The Clyde people are undis-
| turbed by the rumOrs and say they intend